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	Author:	American Philosophical Society	Requires cookie*
	Title:	American Philosophical Society Archives
	Dates:	1743-1984
	Abstract:	The APS archives does not contain a tremendous amount of African American history materials. Nevertheless, the following letter is significant: Dearborn, Benjamin. Letter to the American Philosophical Society. 1803 February 4. Suggestions on the abolition of slavery.
	Call #:	APS.Archives
	Extent:	192.25 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Adena culture -- West Virginia \| African American \| American Philosophical Society \| Anishinaabe \| Astronomy -- 18th century \| Aztecs. \| Bache, A.D. (Alexander Dallas), 1806-1867 \| Bache, Franklin (1792-1864) \| Bell, Whitfield J. (Whitfield \| Brown, Samuel, 1768-1805 \| Cherokee Indians \| Choctaw Indians \| Colonial Politics \| Dercum, Francis X. (Francis Xavier), 1856-1931 \| Early National Politics \| Eastern Woodlands Indians \| Education \| Grave Creek Mound (Marshall County, West Virginia) \| Hanson, Laura E. \| Hassler, F. R (Ferdinand Rudolph), 1770-1843 \| History of science and technology. \| Indians of Mexico \| Indians of North America -- Kentucky \| Indians of North America -- Mississippi \| Indians of North America -- Northwest Coast \| Indians of North America -- West Virginia \| Institutional Records \| Keen, William W. (William Williams) \| Lingelbach , William E. (William Ezra), 1871-1962 \| Miscellaneous \| Morris, Roland Sletor, 1874-19 \| Mound builders \| Native America \| Native American Materials \| Natural history \| Natural history -- 18th century \| Natural history -- 19th century \| Ojibwe people \| Patterson, , Robert M. (Robert Maskell), 1787-1854 \| Pencil works \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia History \| Plains Indians \| Priestly, Joseph R. \| Science and technology \| Scientific Correspondence \| Shryock, Richard Harrison (1893-1972) \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Southeast Indians \| United States History. \| Vautravers, Jean-Rodolphe \| Warden, David Baillie, 1772-18 \| Wood, George Bacon, 1797-1879

	Author:	Feinstone, Sol,1888-1980,colle	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Sol Feinstone Slavery collection, 1773-1888
	Dates:	1773-1888
	Abstract:	A rich source of material for students of African American history.
	Call #:	Mss.326.F33
	Extent:	0.5 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| African American \| African Americans -- History -- To 1863 \| Brown, John, 1800-1859 \| Douglass, Frederick, 1818-1895 \| Early National Politics \| Feinstone, Sol,1888-1980,colle \| Garrison, William Lloyd, 1805-1879 \| Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 \| Legal Records \| Miscellaneous \| Official Government Documents and Records \| Pennsylvania History \| Reconstruction \| Slavery -- United States. \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade

	Author:	Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Book of Discipline
	Dates:	1719 (1820)
	Abstract:	The manuscript contains the church's position on marriage, smoking, Native Americans, African Americans, backsliding, etc. It entreats church members not to participate in the slave trade, and that if members have slaves, that they treat them "with humanity and in a Christain manner."
	Call #:	Mss.289.6.So1
	Extent:	1 volume(s)
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	Subjects:	African American \| Church records \| Du Ponceau, Peter Stephen, 1760-1844 \| Indians of North America \| Matlack, Timothy, 1736-1829 \| Miscellaneous \| Native America \| Philadelphia History \| Quakers -- Pennsylvania \| Religion \| Religion, religious organizations \| Slavery -- Pennsylvania. \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Society of Friends -- Doctrines.

	Author:	Wyck Association	Requires cookie*
	Title:	Wyck Association Collection
	Dates:	1663-1972
	Abstract:	With emphases on religion, education, and social concerns, the correspondence in the Wyck collection contains numerous references to African Americans. These issues emerge in the correspondence of Caspar Wistar Haines I, Hannah Marshall Haines, Reuben Haines III, Jane Bowne Haines I, Robert Bowne Haines I, and Caspar Wistar Haines II.See below for more specific subject references within the letters. The collection also contains a series of writings: diaries, essays, journals, notebooks, and poetry. Of particular interest are the papers describing the exploits of a runaway slave, Henry Hudson, in 1819.
	Call #:	Mss.Ms.Coll.52
	Extent:	151.5 Linear Feet
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	Subjects:	Abolition, emancipation, freedom \| Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia \| Accounts. \| Agriculture \| Bills (financial). \| Business Records and Accounts \| Business and Skilled Trades \| Culture, community, organizations \| Deeds \| Diaries. \| Early National Politics \| Family Correspondence \| Haines family \| Haines, Ann, 1793-1869 \| Haines, Caspar Wistar, 1762-18 \| Haines, Caspar Wistar, 1853-1935 \| Haines, Hannah Marshall, 1765- \| Haines, Jane B., 1869-1937 \| Haines, Jane Bowne, 1790-1843 \| Haines, Jane Reuben, 1832-1911 \| Haines, John Smith, 1820-1886 \| Haines, Margaret Vaux Wistar, 1831-1917 \| Haines, Margaret Wistar, 1728- \| Haines, Mary T., 1892- \| Haines, Reuben, 1727-1793 \| Haines, Reuben, 1786-1831 \| Haines, Robert B., 1827-1895 \| Haines, Robert B., 1893-1967 \| Hartshorne, Catherine Haines, \| Home economics -- United States -- Accounting \| Horticulture \| Institutional Records \| Jansen family \| Literature, Arts, and Culture \| Marriage and Family Life \| Miscellaneous \| Pennsylvania History \| Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Social life and customs \| Philadelphia History \| Photoprints \| Quakers \| Race, race relations, racism \| Receipts \| Reconstruction \| Religion, religious organizations \| Science and technology \| Slaves, slavery, slave trade \| Social conditions, social advocacy, social reform \| Social problems. \| Trade \| Wistar family \| Wyck House (Philadelphia, Pa.)